I can learn a lot more about a firm talking with someone on the phone than I can by going through a website.

Let's say that you paid $20k to some marketing firm to create and distribute your promotional videos.

As far as the other property, my ultimate desire is to build a duplex for rent. 

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Even if they aren't qualified, it gives the impression you have a desirable place and those that are qualified will see it and hopefully jump on it.

With Old Brooklyn being the most desirable and having the best chance at future appreciation. 

Again, happy to coordinate with YOUR contractors for services but no, no assurance of any price because we are a PMc not a remodeling firm nor a painting contractor, right. 6) They want tiered PM Fees based on occupancy.... for example (their example): at 90% they would pay 8% PM fees, at 70% occupancy they would pay 2% PM Fees, and at 50% occupancy we would part ways.Sure, I'd be happy to do this WITH an addendum that for any vacancy do to there actions or inactions those units be accounted as leased for calculations. 

Once you find a house that you believe would be a good rental, meaning desirable to your target market of customers (people within a couple of mile radius of the place), and all of the costs of monthly ownership that you can accurately project fall below the rental amounts that you project that you can get from your target customers, then you have a possible business asset that you can use to produce income, and have renters pay down the mortgage, while hopefully it goes up in value at least with the rest of the economy. 

Bright and clean.I'm just worried about a lot of maintainence on older machines and whats a good price to be firm on since I could be replacing a lot of machines.

Just got to shoot those bullets wisely, and play it conservatively but money should definitely be deployed I firmly believe.